* 17. College fans want to know who's going to win; NFL fans ask what the point spread is.

* 18. The NFL just fined the Dallas Cowboys $10,000 for not supplying the nation's gamblers with an accurate enough injury report last week.

* 19. Rivalries. Doesn't matter if it's Army vs. Navy, Miami vs. Florida State, or Hampden-Sydney vs. Randolph-Macon . . . college football has the best rivalries in all of sports.

* 20. Quick, name the past 10 Heisman Trophy winners. You can get most of them, right? Now try to name the past three NFL Most Valuable Players.

* 21. The silliest rule in all of sports: The NFL legislates what uniform number a player can wear, strictly based on what position he plays.

* 22. The choreographed ``hey-look-at-me'' dances many NFL players do after a touchdown, a sack or a special teams hit.

* 23. A stroll across campus in autumn to get to the stadium.

* 24. A big upset in a college game - such as Boston College's last-second victory over Notre Dame last year - will be talked about for decades. A big upset in the NFL, if such a creature truly exists, is forgotten by the end of the month.

* 25. College presidents never run down to the field to dance a jig in front of the TV cameras.

* 26. College presidents never threaten to move their university to another city with a $200 million dome.

* 27. Buddy Ryan.

* 28. The relative importance of every single game. For a college team, a loss in September could mean the end of a national championship pursuit; NFL teams know they can lose seven times and still make the playoffs.